The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-09-10
Current Events.

ports 10 be the result of conference by
Speaker Carlisle with the President, re-
Gently. outlining the policy of the party In
reference TO the tariff and surplus revenue
legislation of the coming session OF Con-
gTess "The plan being prepared, the
Star SAWS, "will conform with the tariff res
olution of the last democratic platform, as
n IL construed by the President IL Will
abolish the tobacco tax, but leave the
whisky tax where II Is, and will make a
large reduction In the customs duties on
necessaries of life, In accordance with the
Presidents utterances upon the subject
The internal revenue feature Is admitted a.
n compromise. and will be tolerated only
in connection with very positive icdur.
lion az customs. There vii. De acSnoT-
iedpment 81 protection II IS likely thai
..e red Irtiua of the custom viii be more
weeping Au Mr. Randall would agree e"
,lausu u is bonod that the whole p'rty
an .. hrrp az e. work together harmon
,,D,Iv.' l.u hraau of statistics VIII be
w..el upJu io Sow where reductions can
ls made
A couple Of decisions blythe civil service
commission have appeared this week. me
mrs, WAS in the case Of complaint against
the Chicago collector. Webster, a clerb In
the custom house, was asked q resign anu
did SO: but his Cas5 was taken up by the
Chicago Civil Service League. O6erly and
LYMAN In their opinion censure the col!cc.
tor in forcing him TO regign; but the other
member, Mr.. EdgertOn, holds that The
charge was not sustained, and that with
the collectors denial Of partisan reasons,
tie investigation should have ended. This
commissioner insists that the purpose OF
Webster in appealing TO the league, and
the leagues purpose in taking up the case,
was ''to discredit democratic administra
ton and he contends that the leagues and
associations, (which are too often essen
TALLY political In their character ami pur-
poses, should CoEcede TO the President and
Lis party some honesty OF purpose
The rule governing removals under the
civil service law Is CoIcisely stated by
Commissioner Oberly in 2 letter TO the
chairman OF the Board Of Examiners o.
the Cincinnati postollice: Under the law
removals can at any time be made for
cause, and the power Of removal Is unre-
t-lcted except that removal Is Illegal II
made for either of the following causes:
/. Because a person In the service has
refused to contribute 10 a political luni or
Tor political purpose.
>. Because person has refused to rem.
Ter political service.
,. Because person has refused 10 per
nit the appointing officer or any other per.
son In the civil service 70 COerCe his rolitl
cal acticn.
For any other cause any person in the
civil service may be removed legally, and
person Illegally removed for any Of the
causes named can not, under any provision
of the civil service act, demand restoration
The provision for furnishing officers max
ing illegal removals is not very clear, and
al best amounts TO little; but the commits
sioner says that If an appointing officer
were 10 violate the removal. inhlbiting pro
visions In question, II may be safe to con
clude that he would not be permitted to re-
main In office No officer should be con
tinued In the enforcement Of n law any of
the provisions of which he himself may
have wlllfully violated,
The railway sensation of the week was
the change in the affairs Of the old
Baltimore & Ohio road. II has been
for long time disturbing influence
among trunk lines, and has had a
hand In several outside enterprises,
many of which, as well as new ex.
tensions have not paid. On Friday last ii
became known that it had been purchased
by syndicate of American and English
capitalists who will furnish money TO pay
up its Indebtedness The road, then, viii
be run in the interest Of the Pennsylvania
and Reading roads; the sleeping cars will
20 to the Pullman Co., the telegraph 10 the
Western Union, and the express has al
ready passed into the hands of the t. s.
Exp Co.